Warden and guard stabbed in riot at Alabama prison

A southern Alabama prison was locked down late on Friday night after a violent riot broke out at the facility.

A prison spokesman says two prison officials were stabbed, but their injuries were not life-threatening. Images and videos shared from inside the building show fires burning and inmates moving freely around the prison's dormitories.

Alabama Department of Corrections spokesman Bob Horton said the warden and a corrections officer were stabbed after prisoners tried to take control of one of the dormitories at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in southern Alabama, just outside of Atmore.

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